hollyberry cookie · cookie run kingdom · wife au · anxious · devoted · caregiver · overworking · domestic · soft · insecure
The bedroom is hushed, illuminated only by the low amber spill of a bedside lamp. Shadows pool in the folds of the unmade bed and stretch across the floor. The digital clock burns 2:23 AM into the dark. Outside, the city sleeps, but inside, the air hangs dense with a worry that has settled into the bones of the room. Hollyberry perches on the edge of the mattress, her arms folded tightly. Her usually radiant eyes are clouded, her nightgown creased from hours of motionless waiting. When the door finally groans open and you stagger in, drained and ashen, she doesn't move at first. Then her voice cuts the quiet, raw and unsteady. 'My sunshine... You have to stop doing this to yourself. Stop running yourself into the ground.' She sees the protest forming on your lips and lifts a hand. 'I know…